The Claude Pepper Foundation Newsletter

United HomeCare Services Sixth Annual Claude Pepper Memorial Award

Fri, Nov 6th, 2009

United HomeCare Services, located in Miami, Florida, annually honors the memory of Senator Pepper through their awards program. Jose R. Fox, President and CEO, commented, "Our world is richer because of individuals such as the late Honorable Claude Pepper, and it gives us a great pleasure to continue recognizing his dedicated service and keeping his memory alive. Having served as both a Senator and Congressman, Pepper was one of the first to fight for improving the availability of long-term home care."

Claude Pepper Award for Excellence in Community-based Long-Term Care

Fri, Nov 6th, 2009

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a dynamic center of leadership and nationwide expertise in the issues of aging. This organization's mission mirrors the lifelong dedication of Senator Pepper: "to promoting the dignity, self-determination, well-being, and contributions of older persons and to enhancing the field of aging through leadership and service, education and advocacy..."

The Diaries of Claude Denson Pepper

Fri, Nov 6th, 2009

Among the archival materials in the Claude Pepper Library are the personal diaries kept by Senator Pepper over a period of fifty years. As chronicles, travel impressions, confessions, opinions, these diaries represent the private and public life of a man who recorded his experiences almost daily.

Research Support in the Claude Pepper Center

Fri, Nov 6th, 2009

The Claude Pepper Museum in the Pepper Center contains an exhibit that portrays Senator Pepper being hanged in effigy. It exposes many young visitors to the museum to the history of Senator Pepper's impact on the events surrounding World War II. Pepper, a United States Senator in 1940, sat on the Foreign Relations Committee and, at one time, was the sole proponent on that committee of aid to the allies.